Newsletter 5 1981-84.pdf - The Grayson Family

Page 27* [ - ~ ,;-..L. , I.s uB.IIIIIF. GraysonCrawf ord County ?:lo.February the 26th 1847Dear Brother and FriendsInform you that ,ve arc., 311 xell hoping that these linesfind you all enjoying the blsssing. I have nothing greatto mite to you. ,Ye hare had a very cold bad winter, very disagreeablefor work. Applicant to your last letter you lvro-te tome that Fleasant had 30 dolls:-s and more would nake meout 300. All of the mistake is thst you sent Pleasant 40 dollarsin place of 30 and sent that in his own letters directiqg hi?to keep that much that would leave you to send me 13 dollars toYour cnlculation is right all butthis so that Pleasant got to make 40 in place of 30 as far as Ito :;rntlnake 'out the 300 dollars.Icsn count but I am in hopt.:r; that your honor \:rill pl~nscIme more money than 300 hundred dollars for that land I t~mt youto go and see old (MI Daniels about that note and if you c,m'tget money out of him try to get property or get security on thenote so that you can trade it and if you can't trade the mountain1 and on 'the place in the fork to keeg it fromgrowing up and keep it in repairof it till sold,then when sold to give it ug withpossessions.To '!fill K and James M. Grayson 'Ye, the whole family, all giveour best respects to you both hoping that you are doing well.I '7le all 1:rould be glad. to see you both and ~vmt you to write whetheryou are coming back or n ~ and t to v:rite ;\rhether went there byI water or land that you got there so soon in fifteen days;Vill inform you that lftre have got our bottom forty brolre u? ar,dfenced all but 2 days worlr. :'le now are putting maples in theforay where Pleasant did live. . !:hen \re are done that field veare going to put in about 10 or 15 acres in the flat to~;ards thebig field. Me and thc boys can do all of this before it is toolate to plant. Ae have found plenty of rail timber in one mileand quarter, we intend to mdre corn by hslf fulls and we can sellall we can make. I believe the coulzty seat will be ~vhere I liveor close by. I live near the center and have the most best springsand the suitable placrjs for thc tohm. The children all grat::saighty fast, Jefferson about my size and very stout.#*